E. M. FORSTER'S PERSPECTIVE OF FRIENDSHIP IN A PASSAGE TO INDIA

Abstract

Forster’s A Passage to India is obviously more than a fictional travel story, It's a fragment from Indian culture. It deals with matter that may create susceptibility confusion, and distinct prejudice and set not only two individuals, but two races face to face in relation to intolerance, belligerence, and prejudice. This paper exposes different relationship between the characters and tries to shed a light on the effectiveness of colonialism on their relations. It deals with friendship as a main theme.Furthermore, it stands on the highlights of the British occupation of India with historical social study for Indian and British societies. Also,it shows reasons for altering relations between main characters.Finally, this study will explain the cases responsible for encountering the position of East and West. It will dig out the political tension of Indian life and racial relationship in colonial setting from the fictionalized Indian conditions as represented in A Passage to India, for that reason the story concludes that the friendship between colonizer and colonized cannot continue.